Yesterday, Governor Andy Beshear announced that members of the Kentucky National Guard will arrive next week to assist Kentucky hospitals, including Baptist Health Hardin. They will assist with nonclinical functions within the hospitals to allow hospital staff to focus on patient care. The Governor reported that 60 of 96 hospitals in the commonwealth have critical staffing shortages.
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This Saturday, Grayson County will offer a free hands-on family event.
Touch a Truck is an event for kids to explore, climb, and touch trucks that serve the community. This includes emergency vehicles, utility trucks, semis, and more.
The event will be held at the Grayson County Fairgrounds from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Central Time.
This Saturday, our nation will remember and honor the 20th anniversary of September 11th, 2001. One local resident can vividly remember that day. Former Red Cross manager Sharon Thompson recalls being asked to help locate people after the attacks. “It was a little bit different from anything we’ve ever done before. Most of our disasters are floods, tornadoes, things like that. I was assigned to Tower 1 or the North Tower.” Sharon worked with phones in trying to locate people. She spent 23 days in New York in the aftermath of the attacks. Her experience was life-changing. “One of the beautiful things that happened were the thousands of people who rallied, and did everything they could do to be supportive. People just need to realize that actually in a blink of an eye, our lives changed forever. They simply went to work, and they didn’t come home. Maybe we need to just be kinder to each other all the time, and not wait for a national disaster to happen.”
As Covid-19 cases rise, many are seeking Covid-19 testing.
Baptist Health Hardin offers a Covid-19 testing site located at 108 Financial Drive. It is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. A patient should only use the emergency room for life-threatening symptoms.
For additional testing options, visit KYCovid19.ky.gov.
A man attempting to steal a money drawer in Bardstown has been arrested.
At 12:06 a.m. this morning, Bardstown Police were dispatched to American Rental located at 1220 East John Rowan on a burglary alarm. Officers located a Jacob Johnson who held a locked metal money drawer that was severely damaged. Upon reviewing security footage at American Rental, Johnson could be seen prying the door open, seizing the money drawer and fleeing. Johnson was arrested on three outstanding warrants, two previous burglaries, and charged with burglary in the third degree.